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Places with the best weather in South America in January: ranked by comfort score

Khamis Mushait tops the list at 95 /100 in January. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three in January: Khamis Mushait (95 /100) , Coquimbo (95 /100) , Ta’if (94 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 16 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia 95 /100 21 °C 10 °C 23 mm 4 328 h –
2 Coquimbo Chile 95 /100 24 °C 17 °C 0 mm 0 406 h 17 °C
3 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 94 /100 20 °C 10 °C 33 mm 5 320 h –
4 Viña del Mar Chile 93 /100 24 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 424 h 17 °C
5 Talcahuano Chile 93 /100 22 °C 14 °C 6 mm 1 425 h 15 °C
6 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 93 /100 25 °C 16 °C 9 mm 1 320 h 25 °C
7 Madinah Saudi Arabia 93 /100 24 °C 9.0 °C 9 mm 1 318 h –
8 Concepción Chile 93 /100 24 °C 14 °C 6 mm 1 425 h 14 °C
9 Temuco Chile 93 /100 24 °C 11 °C 29 mm 4 405 h –
10 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 92 /100 21 °C 7.7 °C 9 mm 2 295 h –
11 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 91 /100 20 °C 8.7 °C 13 mm 3 294 h –
12 La Serena Chile 91 /100 25 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 406 h 17 °C
13 Peñalolén Chile 91 /100 27 °C 16 °C 14 mm 3 421 h –
14 Makkah Saudi Arabia 90 /100 27 °C 16 °C 42 mm 4 316 h –
15 Dammam Saudi Arabia 90 /100 20 °C 12 °C 20 mm 3 291 h 20 °C
16 Santa Anita - Los Ficus Peru 90 /100 24 °C 19 °C 15 mm 4 341 h 21 °C
17 Najrān Saudi Arabia 90 /100 26 °C 9.8 °C 2 mm 0 326 h –
18 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 90 /100 19 °C 11 °C 23 mm 4 284 h 20 °C
19 Los Teques Venezuela 90 /100 25 °C 17 °C 19 mm 5 329 h –
20 Antofagasta Chile 89 /100 24 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 393 h 20 °C
21 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 89 /100 20 °C 7.2 °C 11 mm 2 294 h –
22 Abha Saudi Arabia 89 /100 18 °C 10 °C 22 mm 5 326 h –
23 Valparaíso Chile 89 /100 20 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 424 h 17 °C
24 Puente Alto Chile 89 /100 28 °C 16 °C 14 mm 3 421 h –
25 Calama Chile 89 /100 25 °C 9.4 °C 7 mm 2 385 h –
26 Ibagué Colombia 89 /100 25 °C 18 °C 64 mm 7 338 h –
27 Rancagua Chile 88 /100 28 °C 16 °C 7 mm 1 424 h –
28 Santiago Chile 87 /100 28 °C 17 °C 3 mm 1 423 h –
29 Tacna Peru 87 /100 26 °C 18 °C 19 mm 5 339 h –
30 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 86 /100 19 °C 6.1 °C 14 mm 3 294 h –
31 Chillán Chile 86 /100 28 °C 13 °C 9 mm 1 426 h –
32 Lima Peru 86 /100 25 °C 20 °C 14 mm 4 342 h 21 °C
33 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 85 /100 19 °C 6.1 °C 14 mm 2 296 h –
34 Callao Peru 85 /100 26 °C 20 °C 14 mm 4 342 h 21 °C
35 Maipú Chile 85 /100 29 °C 16 °C 3 mm 1 424 h –
36 Chincha Alta Peru 85 /100 26 °C 20 °C 14 mm 4 344 h 21 °C
37 Chimbote Peru 85 /100 26 °C 20 °C 6 mm 2 345 h 21 °C
38 Arica Chile 84 /100 27 °C 20 °C 8 mm 2 359 h 22 °C
39 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 84 /100 27 °C 20 °C 24 mm 3 324 h 26 °C
40 Montevideo Uruguay 83 /100 25 °C 20 °C 76 mm 7 383 h 23 °C
41 Mar del Plata Argentina 83 /100 25 °C 17 °C 87 mm 9 385 h 20 °C
42 Baruta Venezuela 83 /100 26 °C 18 °C 29 mm 9 336 h 25 °C
43 San Cristóbal Venezuela 83 /100 27 °C 18 °C 43 mm 8 336 h –
44 Talca Chile 83 /100 30 °C 15 °C 4 mm 1 427 h –
45 Iquique Chile 82 /100 27 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 381 h 22 °C
46 Trujillo Peru 82 /100 26 °C 21 °C 25 mm 6 337 h 21 °C
47 Caracas Venezuela 81 /100 26 °C 19 °C 30 mm 9 338 h 25 °C
48 Valledupar Colombia 81 /100 28 °C 20 °C 23 mm 4 344 h –
49 Puerto Montt Chile 79 /100 19 °C 12 °C 101 mm 11 380 h 16 °C
50 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 79 /100 17 °C 5.5 °C 22 mm 3 284 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

December: top 5

  1. Khamis Mushait 97 /100
  2. Ta’if 97 /100
  3. Coquimbo 96 /100
  4. Al Hufūf 96 /100
  5. Al Kharj 95 /100

Full ranking for December

February: top 5

  1. Khamis Mushait 97 /100
  2. Ta’if 96 /100
  3. Abha 95 /100
  4. Coquimbo 94 /100
  5. Viña del Mar 94 /100

Full ranking for February

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in January, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in South America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.